http://www.google.com/accounts
Recommend turning 2-step verification on.
I was at Kings Dominion a week and a half ago and received a call from a friend. Both he and his wife's Google accounts had been hacked. The passwords were relatively weak.
The incident raised my own concern about the security of some of my critical accounts even though I use very strong and unique passwords.
I poked around the settings and found the 2-step verification. In a nutshell, when I logn in to my Google account from a new computer after I successfully enter username/password, Google texts me a code in order to complete the log in process. If I don't have my cell phone with me, I have a set of backup codes I can choose from. Finally, my tertiary method is a home phone call.
Anyhow, check it out. I've enabled it for all the Google Apps accounts I administer. The one drawback is the need to generate one-time passwords for Ipad and Iphone apps but that's a small annoyance.
Recommend turning 2-step verification on.
I was at Kings Dominion a week and a half ago and received a call from a friend. Both he and his wife's Google accounts had been hacked. The passwords were relatively weak.
The incident raised my own concern about the security of some of my critical accounts even though I use very strong and unique passwords.
I poked around the settings and found the 2-step verification. In a nutshell, when I logn in to my Google account from a new computer after I successfully enter username/password, Google texts me a code in order to complete the log in process. If I don't have my cell phone with me, I have a set of backup codes I can choose from. Finally, my tertiary method is a home phone call.
Anyhow, check it out. I've enabled it for all the Google Apps accounts I administer. The one drawback is the need to generate one-time passwords for Ipad and Iphone apps but that's a small annoyance.